《新视野大学英语》(第二版)系列教材是普通高等教育“十一五”**级规划教材。本教材在保持**版优势的基础上,依据《大学英语课程教学要求》的精神及大学英语教学的发展方向,对整体结构和内容进行了全面完善和提高。作为一套与现代信息技术相结合的立体化大学英语教材,《新视野大学英语》(第二版)通过课本、光盘、网络等不同载体的有机结合,为新形势下的大学英语教学提供多层次、多渠道、立体化的服务。
先进的教学理念:教材编写充分考虑教学过程,注重教学内容、教学模式、教学方法及教学手段的创新,遵循分类指导和因材施教的原则,倡导课堂教学与自主学习相结合,提高语言能力,培养学习策略。
完备的教材体系:系列教材包含1-4级,每级有《读写教程》、《听说教程》、《泛读教程》、《快速阅读》和《综合训练》。各教程自成一体,又相互联系,在巩固和强化专项能力的同时提高学生的语言综合应用能力。
丰富的主题内容:教材内容以主题为线索,涉及文化交流、道德情感、信息技术、科学教育、社会焦点等各个方面,选材注重信息性、趣味性、时代感和文化内涵,有助于开拓视野,培养人文素质和文化意识。
多样的活动设计:教材针对

Unit 1
Section A
Text:Time-Conscious Americans
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Reading for the Main Idea in a Paragraph
Text:Culture Shock
Exercises
Unit 2
Section A
Text:Learning the Olympic Standard for Love
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Finding Out Word Meanings
Text:The Standard for Olympic Excellence
Exercises
Unit 3
Section A
Text:Marriage Across Nations
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Recognizing Differences Between FaGs and Opinions
Text:Rich Meeting His Future Mother-in-law
Exercises
Unit 4
Section A
Text:ATest of True Love
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Reading for the Key Idea in a Sentence
Text:Love U nder the Nazis
Exercises
Unit 5
Section A
Text:Weeping for My Smoking Daughter
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Understanding Figurative Language
Text:Stop Spoiling Your Children
Exercises
Unit 6
Section A
Text:As His Name Is,So Is He!
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Scanning
Text:Judge by Appearances
Exercises
Unit 7
Section A
Text:Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Skimming
Text:Are You a Workaholic?
Exercises
Unit 8
Section A
Text:There’s a Lot More to Life than a Job
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Identifying the Writer’s Purpose
Text:What Youngsters Expect in Life
Exercises
Unit 9
Section A
Text:Never Be a Quitter in Face of Life
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Predicting the Writer’s Ideas
Text:From Hardship Comes Success
Exercises
Unit 10
Section A
Text:Reports on Britain Under the Bombs
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Denotation and Connotation
Text:Forty-Three Seconds over Hiroshima
Exercises
Appendix
Glossary
《新视野大学英语》在线教学系统使用指南